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Newspaper
Argus
Location
Fremont, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1971
Page
6
Citizens critique a city measure requiring 15 percent of new subdivisions to include wide side yards for camper parking. They warn the plan intrudes on builder discretion and public safety, comparing it to dictating kite flying space and urging incentives instead of mandatory limits.
Letters from MR and MRS EDWARD FRASIER urge removal of Dr Bolt amid district chaos. They cite no confidence votes and petitions showing deep public concern, demanding a full ethics investigation and new leadership to restore esprit de corps and education progress in Fremont Unified School District.
A Newark reader criticizes the 1971 72 city budget as inflationary and fat. He cites minimal cuts, a retained property tax rate, raises for city workers, and increased nonessential expenses while urging reserves and smaller administration. He warns of future borrowing if revenues fall.
Henry J. Taylor argues that apathy clouds Western resolve as Nixon seeks a low profile exit from Indochina. He reports on European and Arab views of U.S. stance toward Sino Soviet power, warning that trust erodes and realism grows as Western unity and strength are tested. He references ambassadors in Tunis Brussels and Paris to illustrate overseas reactions.
The Soviet Pravda foresees a hot fall of antiwar demonstrations in the United States. It cites a Hunter College convention and a planned year round campaign with mass civil disobedience, linking it to Pentagon Papers exposure and a forecast of nationwide activism beyond civil rights and inflation protests.
The piece laments urban renewal and the rise of commodified housing. It argues for humane, durable architecture using natural materials, contrasting high rise and mobile homes with traditional houses. It warns about rootlessness, depersonalized mass housing, and the social harm of sterile design, urging a return to local styles and permanence.
This day marks Guy de Maupassant birth in history. The United States first imposed an income tax with incomes over 800 taxed at 3 percent. In 1917 the National Guard was drafted. In 1962 Marilyn Monroe died. In 1963 a treaty among the U.S., Britain and Russia outlawed nuclear tests in the atmosphere, space, and oceans. Cervantes spoke of great kindnesses.
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